Practising using a knife with play eggs and Tuesday Tots

A simple way to get toddlers using a knife today from us. I don’t know about anyone else but getting J to use a knife is a little scary for me – he has a respect for scissors “Scissors are sharp Mummy” is all I hear when we get them out – but knives are new to him – however as he gets more into the “I Do’s” he wants to take more control of his life and one of those things is with his meals so we need to work on using a knife.

What you need for play dough hard boiled eggs and knife practice

Some white play dough
Some yellow play dough
Toddler or plastic knives
A surface safe for cutting on

How the fun happens with play dough hard boiled eggs and knife practice

I used some of my white homemade play dough that I made back in the winter and still going strong – with a small portion I coloured it yellow using food colouring and the rest I left white – you could easily use store brought play dough. To make the eggs I put a small ball of yellow in the middle of a large flat piece of white and then wrapped it around rolling it in my hands to an egg shape. (Next time I am putting them inside some plastic eggs that I’ve brought today and also in an egg box for J or even using an egg cup with him to add a little element of role play).

A play dough hard boiled egg with the shell removed

Because J had no idea what to do with the “eggs” I modelled with one using his toddler knife and our small plastic play dough knife cutting it up to reveal the yellow yolk in the middle.

J using the plastic knife to cut his hard-boiled eggs

Because the knives are blunt and toddler hand size they are perfect for toddlers to practice on – it was great to see him initially use a sawing motion, and give up and pull them apart – yes the first few times that really happened but the more he played the better he got – we’re working on it and it’s doing something that he really enjoys which is great.

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About Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn't have to be put on hold and you don't just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.

What an adorable egg idea and great use for practicing cutting skills. We spend a lot of time talking about knife safety with our Little Hands that Cook with Books lessons. They have all become very good at cutting.

I have let all my children use knives at very young ages. My youngest is now five and I don’t have any problems letting her cut cucumbers with very sharp knives. I believe if you teach kids they can be very responsible. This is a great introduction activity.

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